Window frame and sash.



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' (Application filed July 30, 1900.)

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A. RASNER.

WINDOW FRAME AND SASH.

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ABRAHAM RASNER, or PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR'ITO RAsNER & DINGER COMPANY, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA,

OF PENNSYLVANIA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 702,588, dated June 17,1902.

Original application filed January 21. 1898, Serial No. 667,386. Divided and this applimition filed July 30, 1900 fierinl.

No. 251279- (No model.) 1

To all whom it may'concern:

Be it known that I, 'ABRAHAM RAsNER,a

citizen of the United States, residing at Pitts-5 burg, in the county of Allegheny and State of 5 Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Window Frames and Sashes, of which the following is a specification. I

The invention of the present application, which is a division of my copending application, Serial No. 667,386, filed January 21,

1898, relates to improvements in sheet-metal window-frames, and specificallyto the form of window-frame illustrated in Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings.

Theobject of the-invention is to produce a window-frame having hollow top,bottom, and side members, the outer walls or face of the side members adjacent to the sashes bezo ing bent up so as to form two vertically-disposed channels, constituting guides for the retention of the sashes in the frame.

A further object is to/so construct the outer walls or face of said side members that the lower section of the same or thewhole there: of may be readily removed to enable access to be had to the interior of the chamber; and a still further object of myinvention is to so construct the frame andsashes that the joints thereof, while entirely'fireproof, will permit expansion under heat and contraction when cooling.

These and other novel features of construction, hereinafter more specifically described, accompanying drawings, in which- I Fig. 1 indicates a perspective view of a portion of one of the sides of my improved- Fig. 2 is a horizontal sheet-metal frame. 40 section of the side of the frame'and a portion of the sash. Fig.3 is a 'plan view of the frame and'sashl Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a portion of the sash bottom and one side of the frame. Fig. 5 is a vertical section "taken on the line mix-of Fig. 3. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of modified form of top rail of sash-body.

In describing the construction herein shown I I shall employthe'following terms for such 'f purpose-that is to say,-I'shall-when refer- 5o 7 ring to the direction toward the outside of the window use the term outward, when referring to the direction toward the inside of the window use the term inward, when referring to the horizontal direction toward 1 theadjacent wall from either frame-bar use the term backward, and when referring to the direction opposite to the} lastthat is, toward the center ofthe window'opeuin'g from the wall-use the term forward. I

I willnow describe myinvention, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of thisspecification, whereinlikereferencecharacters'indicatelike parts V wherever they'occur throughout the several 6 5- views there'oii I a r I Referring to said drawings, A- is the win- Y dow-frame, which comprisesthe side sections 1 1 1, bottom'section 2, andtop section 3, which are conjoined by riveting or in any other suitable manner. I The said side sections are of similar construction and constitute vertical boxes or chambers forthe reception of the,

sash balance-weights 4, the rear or backward- 1 A i portion w of said side section'being relatively 7 5 narrower than the-expanded forward part y:

and is inserted or inclosed between the ma- .sonry walls 5. g The walls a, b, and c ofsaid side frame-sections are made of sheet metal, the V forward wall a being bent orpressed to form outwardly-projecting ribs d, e, and f, which 'constitutethe sides of channels or guides g g f for'the retention of'thesashes 6 6 andis formed in'ktwo sections, one, of which-'5. 6., I

that one below the meeting-rail ofthe sashes-- being detachably secured in the loops or grooves 't', formed'in the forward ,part of the walls 12, so as to permit the same to be readily removed to enable access to be had to the interior of the frame; -"lliefends of the wall 0 9o] are likewise provided with loopsorgrooves j for the reception of the inner=ends"of the r walls b. The upper sectionof' said wall a is provided with ppenings 7'for-1he passage of weight-chains (not shown) over the 'pulv leys 8, which are mounted in the interior of A CORPORATION the chambers, at or near the top thereof, said weight-chains being adapted to be secured in any suitable manner to the sashes and at the opposite end to said weights 4.

The sashes 6 (i comprise side rails 9 9 and top and bottom rails 10 andlO. The preferable form of said top rail is shown in Fig. 6, which comprises the parts 172 m and n, the said parts m having on their upper edges U- shaped flanges adapted to receive the downwardly-projecting flange of the part it, which is detaehably secured therein and constitutes the top of said rail, the sides of the same being formed by the parts m m. The said parts m at their lower edges are bent upwardly and inwardly to form an inserting-space 11 for the glass.

A partition 12 is secured to wall 0 and projects outwardly toward the front wall of the side frame, thereby subdividing the frame into two separate compartments, in which the counterweights are respectively contained, whereby the same are prevented from interfering. 4

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A window-frame composed entirely of sheet metal bent up to form a hollow body having top, bottom, and side members, the walls of said side members adjacent to the sashes being pressed or bent to form outwardly-projecting ribs which form the sides of channels or guides for the retention of the sashes, substantially as set forth.

2. A window-frame composed entirely of sheet metal bent up to form a hollow body having top, bottom, and side members, the walls of said side members adjacent to the sashes being formed in two sections the lower one of which is detachably secured to the body of said side members and the said walls being pressed or bent to form outwardly-projecting ribs to form the sides of channels or grooves for the retention of the sashes, substantially as set forth.

3. A window-frame composed entirely of sheet metal bent up to form a hollow body having top, bottom, and side members, the walls of said side members adjacent to the sashes being pressed or bent to form outwardly-projecting ribs which form the sides of channels or grooves for the retention of the sashes, in combination with counterbalance-weights operating in said hollow side members and the sashes connected with said weights, substantially as shown and described.

4. In a fireproof window, a sash having a hollow sheet-1netal top rail slotted vertically for the introduction of the window-glass, the edges of the top of said top rail having downwardly-projecting prongs adapted to be detachably secured in the loop on the body of said rail, snbstantialy as set forth.

5. In a fireproof window, a sash having a hollow sheet-metal top rail slotted vertically for the introduction of the window-glass, the body of said rail terminating on top in separated doWnwardly-bent lips forming guides, and a slide forming the top of said rail and substantially flush with the vertical front and rear faces of the rail-body, said slide being movable lengthwise of the body of the rail, into and out of engagement therewith and having guides engaging the guides on the railbody and consisting of lips bent around the said lips or guides on the rail-body.

6. In a fireproof window, the combination with a frame composed of sheet metal having its side members bent to form three sides of an inclosure, the end wall forming the fourth side of said inclosure, said end wall having the extreme edges doubled back upon themselves, to form grooves, and the other having its edges fitted into said grooves, and said end wall being provided with an inward-turned sheet-metal partition dividing said inclosure into two compartments, and said frame having a part thereof arranged to engage with the masonry of the wall, substantially as described.

7. In a fireproof window, the combination with a frame, of a sash having at each side a vertical part composed of two strips of metal, the outer one of which constitutes one of four margins of the sash while the inner one is bent at an angle to form a ridge or flange extending lengthwise of said outer strip, said strips being secured together by the edges of one folding around the edges of the other.

8. A window-frame having hollow metallic side walls adapted for the guiding of the respective window-sashes and provided with a transverse partition extending substantially thereacross, which defines independent chambers for the movement of the sash-weights.

9. A window-frame having hollow metallic side Walls or members comprising a back piece, side pieces, and an outer or front piece which is adapted for the guiding of the sashes, all of said pieces being independently constructed, and being attached to each other.

10. Awindow-frame having hollow metallic side walls or members comprising a back piece, side pieces, an outer or front piece, and an interior partition-piece, said front piece being adapted for guiding the sashes and the partition being adapted for preventing interference of the sash-weights, all of said pieces being independently constructed, and being attached to each other.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ABRAHAM RASNER. In presence of CLARENCE A. WILLIAMS, JOHN H. RoNEY. 

